Ethanol hydrochloride → HCID 70874377, compound

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Reaction Steps

While stirring a tetrahydrofuran solution (700 ml) of 2-chloro-1-[2-((R)-2,2-dimethyl-[1,3]dioxolan-4-yl)ethyl]-4-nitro-1H-imidazole (196.2 g) at room temperature, 1.0 M hydrochloric acid ethanol solution (1,100 ml) was added thereto and stirred at room temperature for 6 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, hexane was added to the residue obtained and concentrated under reduced pressure. Thereafter, ethyl acetate was added thereto and concentrated under reduced pressure. Isopropyl ether was added to the resulting solid and stirred for a while. The precipitated crystal was collected by filtration to afford the title compound as a colorless solid (166.5 g).

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